Dr.Buddha Chandrasekhar is a distinguished leader serving as the Chief Coordinating Officer at AICTE under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Additionally, he holds the position of CEO & Director at Anuvadini, a significant initiative within the Ministry of Education. His extensive contributions and memberships across various government bodies underscore his commitment to driving impactful change in education, technology, and skill development.

With a strategic role in the National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI) under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and advisory positions in NCCT under the Ministry of Cooperation, Dr.Buddha Chandrasekhar’s influence spans multiple domains crucial for India’s growth and development.

As the creator of the Indian Language Translation Tool (Anuvadini) and a member of prestigious national bodies like NDEAR and NETF, he is at the forefront of digital education architecture and technological innovation in the education sector. His expertise extends to overseeing critical projects such as AMRUT 2.0 for urban development and serving as a National High Power Committee Member for Indian Languages.

Dr.Buddha Chandrasekhar’s hands-on experience in software, IT, education, smart cities, and critical infrastructure positions him as a trusted expert in managing advanced technologies, processes, cybersecurity, and people. His leadership in initiatives like NEAT, Internship Enterprise Portal, Artificial Intelligence Language Translation project, and student up-skilling programs reflects his dedication to empowering the youth and fostering inclusive growth.

As an Advisor to institutions like UGC Skill Council and New Delhi Management Institute, Dr.Buddha Chandrasekhar plays a pivotal role in shaping policies and strategies that drive education excellence and workforce development. His contributions, including the distribution of 450 Crore worth of free digital content to higher education students, exemplify his unwavering commitment to advancing education and technology for a brighter future.

D. Viswanathan has closely associated for his research and development with DRDO, HAL, Atomic Research Centers, ISRO, RRL, DMRL and many leading industries. The Superplastic Forming Technology developed by Dr. D.Viswanathan was an unique and the same was implemented for the production of missile, rocket and aircraft components which resulted in substantial savings of foreign exchange, as it was an import substitution. He has guided five Ph.D. scholars in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Media Technology. He has published more than 50 National and International research publications. He also worked as Director of Audio Visual Research Centre and Director of Centre for Educational Media Technologies and he has produced more than 100 educational television programmes for the countrywide classroom programme broadcasted by UGC in Dhoordharshan, New Delhi. His vast experience of teaching helped him to introduce several innovative courses in the field of Electronic Media, which have become useful and attractive from the career point of view of students. Dr. D.Viswanathan was instrumental to start the new department namely ” Department of Media Sciences”” in Anna University in the year 2001. He started the following Electronic Media programmes in Anna University for the FIRST TIME IN INDIA –

• i) B.Sc. Electronic Media
• ii) M.Sc. Electronic Media (5 Years Integrated)..

He has teaching and research experience of spanning over 32 years in Anna University. Starting from a modest career as a lecturer in mechanical engineering, he rose to the highest position of Vice-Chancellor of Anna University. Dr. D. Viswanathan was appointed as the seventh Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Chennai by the Chancellor and Governor of Tamil Nadu on 24.6.2005 for a period of three years. All Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu state were affiliated with Anna University. As a Vice-Chancellor, Dr. D. Viswanathan started the following undergraduate and post graduate programmes in Engineering & Technology disciplines.

• B.E. Materials Science and Engineering
• B.E. Agriculture and Irrigation Engineering
• B.E. Bio Medical Engineering
• B.Tech. Apparel Technology
• M.E. Manufacturing Systems Management.
• M.E. Bio Medical Engineering,
• M.E. Integrated Water Resource Management.
• M.Tech. Coastal Management (Rs.4.80 crores frunded by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India.
• M.Tech. Nano Science and Technology (Rs.4.50 crores funded by DST, Govt. of India.
• M.Tech. Food Technology (Rs.7.50 crores funded by Dept. of Bio Technology, Govt. of India).

Prof. Viswanathan took keen interest in promoting research activities on par with International Universities. He signed memorandum of understanding with 50 International Universities across the globe namely USA, UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norvey, Italy, Sweden, Russia, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Newzeland, etc. for research collaboration & students, faculty exchange programmes. He also signed MoU with leading 25 Multi-National Companies like Microsoft, USA, IBM, British Broad Casting Corporation, Flextronics, Helmholtz Association of Germany on Energy Research, Altera International Limited, Hong Kong, Renesas Technology, Singapore and many other industries. Dr. Viswanathan, started new Advanced Research Centers like Centre for Technology Development and Transfer, Centre for Distance Education, Centre for Nano science and Technology, Information and Communication park in Collaboration with CDAC, Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for International Affairs, Centre for Catalysis and Petroleum Technology, Knowledge Data Centre, Digital Knowledge Centre, Centre with Potential for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, and AU-KNU Research Institute for Synergy Technology. Anna University has established Tamilnadu’s First Interactive Satellite terminal under Ku band of EDUSAT for the purpose of online teaching and learning by all the Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu. ANUSAT was developed by Anna University and successfully launched by ISRO.

During his tenure, Anna University has achieved the NUMBER ONE RANK among the Universities in the country. Anna University produced highest number of International Publications and Ph.Ds. compared to any Technical University and Institutions in the country. Anna University received more than Rs.100 crores as research grant from national and international agencies. Anna University is the First University in the country certified as ” Tobacco Free Campus “.

• Dress code & Prohibition of Mobile phones was implemented in all the Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu
• University Finance position was increased from Rs.75 crores to Rs.400 crores during his tenure.
• Dr. D. Viswanathan, served as Chairman of the Southern Regional Committee, AICTE for a period of three years and also Chairman of the TNEA, and TNPCEE.
• Dr. D. Viswanathan, has served as Member of many committees nominated by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu and also served as Deputy Chairman of the UICEE Academic Advisory Committee nominated by UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education
• National Advisory Committee of DST-NSF Sponsored Advanced Study Institute on Nano scale Science and Engineering.

Dr. D. Viswanathan received the most distinguished award namely ” OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF ACADEMIC PALMS” conferred by the Prime Minister of French Republic for his contribution in the field of Education Internationally. This honour is for his contributions to the University Education, intellectual development, created international research Collaborations and exchange programmes. He has visited more than 100 international Universities including 20 Universities in France and signed MOU with 50 International Universities. He interacted with French University Professors & Scientists and signed MOU with them. This is the highest Civil Distinction award of France.

He received the most prestigious ” International Socrates Award ” from the European Business Assembly, UK at the famous Oxford Hall and this award was conferred on him for his outstanding achievements in excellence in technical education and research, remarkable reputation and successful professional achievements. He is the first Indian to receive this award. He was awarded as Colonel Commandant of NCC, by the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India. He is a celebrated member of Professional Bodies such as Fellow of Institute of Engineers (India), Indian Institute of Metals, Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Institute of Plant Engineers, Fellow of Institute of Non-destructive Testing etc.

He is an erudite and renowned academic scholar, a high profile scientist researcher, an able administrator, a pragmatic policy maker, a great visionary and a socially conscious innovator.

Working for the empowerment of women through community based organizations like the self help groups and village organizations. Propogares Dashasutri, ten cardinal principles of regular meetings, savings, internal lending, repayment of loans books of accounts, health, education, participatory democracy, sustainable livelihoods

Dr. K. Sasikumar’s valuable knowledge and work resulted in him authoring two international articles on DNA fingerprints of India Roses, as well as a book on ‘Agriculture made easy’ for competitive exams.

Areas of Interest
Computer & Graphics
CAD
Software Engineering E-learning

List of courses taught at MCA programme at Goa University
Introduction to programming using C & Java
Data Structures & Algorithms
C++ and Object Oriented Programming
Object Oriented Analysis & Design using UML
Introduction to Interactive Computer Graphics
Software Engineering
Analysis & Design of Algorithms
Multimedia Technology
Visual Computing

Research Guidance
The following candidates currently registered for Ph.D. under me –
Deepali Tatkar registered in Jan 2009
Govind Kelkar registered in Jan 2012
Kissan Dessai registered in Jan 2012
Sakthivel Swamy registered in Jan 2012

Research Papers and Posters Published
Venkatesh Kamat, Agile Manifesto in Higher Education, IEEE Technology for Education Conference T4E, 2012 July 18-20, 2012.

Venkatesh Kamat, Agile Practices in Higher Education: A Case Study, Feb 2012 IEEE Agile India 2012 Bangalore, India (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_265Uk9YuDI)

Venkatesh Kamat, Using a Blended Approach to In-service Teacher Training: A Case Study, IEEE Technology for Education Conference T4E 2011 July 14-16, 2011.

Deepali Tatkar and Venkatesh Kamat, Automated Process Planning in Manufacturing using Knowledge Management, IJMTIE International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Engineering Vol.1(1) June 2010, pp. 7-12

Deepali Tatkar and Venkatesh Kamat, Integration of CAD/CAM using Intelligent Process Planning, ERTAI-10: Emerging Research Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Scheduled on 17th April, 2010, Mumbai, India and Organized by C-DAC, Mumbai. Supported by Computer Society of India, Special Interest Group SIGAI
Deepali Tatkar and Venkatesh Kamat, Automated Process Planning in Manufacturing using Knowledge Management, ICAME 09 – International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Scheduled from Aug 3-5, 2009, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat – Gujrat

Deepali Tatkar and Venkatesh Kamat, Semi-automatic Manufacturing Feature Recognition for Feature Interaction Problem in Process Planning, ICMEE-09: International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering (ICMEE 2009), Scheduled from June 27-29, 2009, Chennai, India. Supported by IEEE Computer Society.

Deepali Tatkar, Venkatesh Kamat, and Ketil Bo, Xplano – Manufacturing Knowledge Management Tool Using Open CASCADE, NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software Scheduled from May 25th – 26th, 2009, Mumbai, India and Organized by C-DAC, Mumbai. Supported by IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters and Computer Society of India, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS

M.Lemos, R.Muralidharn, V.V.Kamat, Automatic generation of questions for online evaluation, Proceedings, National Seminar on E-learning & E-learning Technologies, Hydrabad, August 2001.

V.V.Kamat et.al, Interactive Learning/Testing Tool, Proceedings of Vidyakash workshop on content for online learning, NCST 43-50, 2001

V.V.Kamat, Framework for development of course Material for Teaching Computer Graphics, GVE’99 Coimbra, Portugal, July 1999

V.V.Kamat and Caglioni, Framework for Educational Resource Planning & Management, ICDE ’99 Vienna, Austria, June 1999

V.V.Kamat and S.P.Mudur, Automatic Gait Synthesis Using Generalised Motion Determinants, IEEE (ICIPS’98), Brisbane Australia, August 1998

V.V.Kamat and S.P.Mudur, An Evolutionary Programming Technique Using Motion Features for Animating Articulated Figures, Computer Science & Informatics Vol.26 (4)

V.V.Kamat and S.P.Mudur, Synthesis of Realistic Motion for Legged Creatures, Software Bulletin, 3(4), 1995. • V.V.Kamat, A survey of techniques for simulation of dynamic collision detection and response, Computer and Graphics, 17(4)

Funded Research Projects Undertaken
E-learning: Received a grant of Rs.130 lakhs from Govt. of Goa for training 500 ICT teachers from 300+ schools in the state of Goa.
MODROB: Received a grant of Rs. 8.00 lakhs from AICTE for modernization of MCA lab infrastructure
RID: Completed AICTE project: Development of tools for Web based Evaluation Rs. 9.0 lakhs
RID: Completed AICTE project: Framework for Authoring tools using Instructional Design Rs.3.50 lakhs

Consultancy projects undertaken
Phil Systems Tivim, Goa in the area Digital Imaging, CAD 1998-
TCIP Zurich, Switzerland, Training Human Resource 1998
ITEC-IBM Centre, Margao Goa Quality Education in IT 1999
ControlNet Verna Goa in OOAD & UML Training 2001

Other Activities
Founder member of the Department of Computer Science & Technology and was responsible for establishing the department in 1987, in collaboration with IIT Bombay and NCST Mumbai.
Senior Member IEEE
Professional Member ACM India
Life Member Computer Society of India